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Damnation. He had almost gone after her, but some instinct told him it was better to let her get away. After all, the last thing he wanted was to be seen arguing with Lorena Simms in the middle of the park. The story would spread like wildfire, he knew. Bad enough that he had danced with her, gone walking with her. Those two activities spoke of a certain level of intimacy already. But to have a very public dispute? That would most certainly lead the town busybodies to believe there was something going on here, despite her airy comment that she didn’t need to worry about gossip because she wasn’t back in New York.
And of course there wasn’t anything going on. A single kiss couldn’t qualify as anything more than what it was, and yet he knew some people would consider it to be very damnin
